Legacy of Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook explored in Canadian exhibition<\/span><\/h1>\n <\/p><\/h1><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Legacy of Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook explored in Canadian exhibition<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nPublication:\u00a0Eye on the Arctic<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nPublished: August 19, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nAuthor: Eil\u00eds Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27922%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20922%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27922%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
Itee Pootoogook (1951-2014)
Untitled (man with hoodie and sunglasses), 2012
coloured pencil and graphite on paper
49.5 \u00d7 64.8 cm
Collection of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInuk artist Itee Pootoogook\u00a0(1951 \u2013 2014)\u00a0was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic landscapes, and a Canadian exhibit is underway this summer exploring his career and the evolution of his work.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, is being shown at the\u00a0McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario in southern Canada. The show\u00a0features over 80 drawings and other items related to his career.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cPootoogook\u2019s work features a minimum of incident yet captures the depth of seemingly mundane moments of everyday life,\u201d the gallery said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn addition to his gift for making architectural drawings, Pootoogook was an imaginative landscape artist, with many of his works emphasizing the vast, open horizon that separates the land from the sky, often in a boldly minimalist compositional style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27923%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20923%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27923%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
Itee Pootoogook (1951\u2013 2014), After Midnight And The Stars Are Shining, 2011, coloured pencil and graphite on black paper, 50.1 \u00d7 65 cm, Gift from the Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron Collection, McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNancy Campbell, exhibition curator and guest curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, says the exhibit is a powerful collection showcasing the nuances of his work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis distinct vision is perhaps most apparent are in his drawings on black paper, which are done with minimal interference, and focus on the horizon line and the colours of the Arctic sky,\u201d\u00a0 Campbell told Eye on the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThese works, while detailed, abstract the landscape so that it is the colour palette of the Arctic, rather than the landscape itself, that is most powerfully conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nActive in Cape Dorset print program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nPootoogook was part of the third generation of Inuit artists from the community of Cape Dorset in what is now Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\nHe was the son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, and the cousin of Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016), one of Canada\u2019s well-known contemporary artists of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook, whose\u00a0imagery was often compared to Canadian art icons like Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt, worked mostly from photographs, interpreting the images with graphite and coloured pencil.<\/span><\/p>\nHis work was regularly featured in the annual Cape Dorset print collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27214%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20380%20214%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27214%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
The Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop in the community of Cape Dorset, is currently home to the Cape Dorset print program. (Courtesy West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBackground: The Cape Dorset Print Program<\/h2>\n
The co-op in Cape Dorset, an island community off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic, in was established in 1959.<\/p>\n
The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, made up of images produced by Inuit in the region, who\u2019d been taught printmaking by Canadian artist James Houston after he\u2019d moved to the area.<\/p>\n
The Cape Dorset prints of Arctic nature and traditional Inuit life became a hit in the art world and a favourite of collectors.<\/p>\n
Artists like\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 -2013 ) whose work appeared in the first collection, went on to have an international career spanning decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A book, published by Goose Lane Editions and edited by Campbell, has also been issued to accompany the show and includes essays examining Pootoogook\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis understated images\u00a0\u2060\u2014 of preparing carcasses brought in from the hunt, playing music, or contemplating the open horizon and the ever-shifting colours of the North \u2060\u2014 highlight his contemporaneity,\u201d the publisher said in the news release.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271201%27%20height%3D%27676%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201201%20676%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271201%27%20height%3D%27676%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\")
The exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, in Kleinburg, Ontario. Pootoogook began drawing in the 1970s. (Courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCampbell says she hopes visitors come away from the show with new perspectives on Canada\u2019s Arctic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cVisitors to the exhibition will see an unromanticised, sincere, and poignant vision of daily life in the North,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI hope that people will be moved by its beauty, its palette, its uniqueness, and that this comprehensive exhibition communicates that the North is very much alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition runs until September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
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Legacy of Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook explored in Canadian exhibition<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nPublication:\u00a0Eye on the Arctic<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nPublished: August 19, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nAuthor: Eil\u00eds Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nItee Pootoogook (1951-2014)
Untitled (man with hoodie and sunglasses), 2012
coloured pencil and graphite on paper
49.5 \u00d7 64.8 cm
Collection of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInuk artist Itee Pootoogook\u00a0(1951 \u2013 2014)\u00a0was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic landscapes, and a Canadian exhibit is underway this summer exploring his career and the evolution of his work.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, is being shown at the\u00a0McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario in southern Canada. The show\u00a0features over 80 drawings and other items related to his career.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cPootoogook\u2019s work features a minimum of incident yet captures the depth of seemingly mundane moments of everyday life,\u201d the gallery said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn addition to his gift for making architectural drawings, Pootoogook was an imaginative landscape artist, with many of his works emphasizing the vast, open horizon that separates the land from the sky, often in a boldly minimalist compositional style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook (1951\u2013 2014), After Midnight And The Stars Are Shining, 2011, coloured pencil and graphite on black paper, 50.1 \u00d7 65 cm, Gift from the Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron Collection, McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNancy Campbell, exhibition curator and guest curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, says the exhibit is a powerful collection showcasing the nuances of his work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis distinct vision is perhaps most apparent are in his drawings on black paper, which are done with minimal interference, and focus on the horizon line and the colours of the Arctic sky,\u201d\u00a0 Campbell told Eye on the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThese works, while detailed, abstract the landscape so that it is the colour palette of the Arctic, rather than the landscape itself, that is most powerfully conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nActive in Cape Dorset print program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nPootoogook was part of the third generation of Inuit artists from the community of Cape Dorset in what is now Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\nHe was the son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, and the cousin of Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016), one of Canada\u2019s well-known contemporary artists of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook, whose\u00a0imagery was often compared to Canadian art icons like Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt, worked mostly from photographs, interpreting the images with graphite and coloured pencil.<\/span><\/p>\nHis work was regularly featured in the annual Cape Dorset print collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop in the community of Cape Dorset, is currently home to the Cape Dorset print program. (Courtesy West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBackground: The Cape Dorset Print Program<\/h2>\n
The co-op in Cape Dorset, an island community off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic, in was established in 1959.<\/p>\n
The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, made up of images produced by Inuit in the region, who\u2019d been taught printmaking by Canadian artist James Houston after he\u2019d moved to the area.<\/p>\n
The Cape Dorset prints of Arctic nature and traditional Inuit life became a hit in the art world and a favourite of collectors.<\/p>\n
Artists like\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 -2013 ) whose work appeared in the first collection, went on to have an international career spanning decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A book, published by Goose Lane Editions and edited by Campbell, has also been issued to accompany the show and includes essays examining Pootoogook\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis understated images\u00a0\u2060\u2014 of preparing carcasses brought in from the hunt, playing music, or contemplating the open horizon and the ever-shifting colours of the North \u2060\u2014 highlight his contemporaneity,\u201d the publisher said in the news release.<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, in Kleinburg, Ontario. Pootoogook began drawing in the 1970s. (Courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCampbell says she hopes visitors come away from the show with new perspectives on Canada\u2019s Arctic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cVisitors to the exhibition will see an unromanticised, sincere, and poignant vision of daily life in the North,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI hope that people will be moved by its beauty, its palette, its uniqueness, and that this comprehensive exhibition communicates that the North is very much alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition runs until September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
Published: August 19, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nAuthor: Eil\u00eds Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nItee Pootoogook (1951-2014)
Untitled (man with hoodie and sunglasses), 2012
coloured pencil and graphite on paper
49.5 \u00d7 64.8 cm
Collection of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInuk artist Itee Pootoogook\u00a0(1951 \u2013 2014)\u00a0was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic landscapes, and a Canadian exhibit is underway this summer exploring his career and the evolution of his work.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, is being shown at the\u00a0McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario in southern Canada. The show\u00a0features over 80 drawings and other items related to his career.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cPootoogook\u2019s work features a minimum of incident yet captures the depth of seemingly mundane moments of everyday life,\u201d the gallery said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn addition to his gift for making architectural drawings, Pootoogook was an imaginative landscape artist, with many of his works emphasizing the vast, open horizon that separates the land from the sky, often in a boldly minimalist compositional style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook (1951\u2013 2014), After Midnight And The Stars Are Shining, 2011, coloured pencil and graphite on black paper, 50.1 \u00d7 65 cm, Gift from the Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron Collection, McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNancy Campbell, exhibition curator and guest curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, says the exhibit is a powerful collection showcasing the nuances of his work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis distinct vision is perhaps most apparent are in his drawings on black paper, which are done with minimal interference, and focus on the horizon line and the colours of the Arctic sky,\u201d\u00a0 Campbell told Eye on the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThese works, while detailed, abstract the landscape so that it is the colour palette of the Arctic, rather than the landscape itself, that is most powerfully conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nActive in Cape Dorset print program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nPootoogook was part of the third generation of Inuit artists from the community of Cape Dorset in what is now Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\nHe was the son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, and the cousin of Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016), one of Canada\u2019s well-known contemporary artists of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook, whose\u00a0imagery was often compared to Canadian art icons like Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt, worked mostly from photographs, interpreting the images with graphite and coloured pencil.<\/span><\/p>\nHis work was regularly featured in the annual Cape Dorset print collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop in the community of Cape Dorset, is currently home to the Cape Dorset print program. (Courtesy West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBackground: The Cape Dorset Print Program<\/h2>\n
The co-op in Cape Dorset, an island community off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic, in was established in 1959.<\/p>\n
The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, made up of images produced by Inuit in the region, who\u2019d been taught printmaking by Canadian artist James Houston after he\u2019d moved to the area.<\/p>\n
The Cape Dorset prints of Arctic nature and traditional Inuit life became a hit in the art world and a favourite of collectors.<\/p>\n
Artists like\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 -2013 ) whose work appeared in the first collection, went on to have an international career spanning decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A book, published by Goose Lane Editions and edited by Campbell, has also been issued to accompany the show and includes essays examining Pootoogook\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis understated images\u00a0\u2060\u2014 of preparing carcasses brought in from the hunt, playing music, or contemplating the open horizon and the ever-shifting colours of the North \u2060\u2014 highlight his contemporaneity,\u201d the publisher said in the news release.<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, in Kleinburg, Ontario. Pootoogook began drawing in the 1970s. (Courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCampbell says she hopes visitors come away from the show with new perspectives on Canada\u2019s Arctic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cVisitors to the exhibition will see an unromanticised, sincere, and poignant vision of daily life in the North,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI hope that people will be moved by its beauty, its palette, its uniqueness, and that this comprehensive exhibition communicates that the North is very much alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition runs until September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/L2018.60.2_WEB.jpg\")
Untitled (man with hoodie and sunglasses), 2012
coloured pencil and graphite on paper
49.5 \u00d7 64.8 cm
Collection of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook\u00a0(1951 \u2013 2014)\u00a0was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic landscapes, and a Canadian exhibit is underway this summer exploring his career and the evolution of his work.<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, is being shown at the\u00a0McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario in southern Canada. The show\u00a0features over 80 drawings and other items related to his career.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cPootoogook\u2019s work features a minimum of incident yet captures the depth of seemingly mundane moments of everyday life,\u201d the gallery said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIn addition to his gift for making architectural drawings, Pootoogook was an imaginative landscape artist, with many of his works emphasizing the vast, open horizon that separates the land from the sky, often in a boldly minimalist compositional style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook (1951\u2013 2014), After Midnight And The Stars Are Shining, 2011, coloured pencil and graphite on black paper, 50.1 \u00d7 65 cm, Gift from the Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron Collection, McMichael Canadian Art Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNancy Campbell, exhibition curator and guest curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, says the exhibit is a powerful collection showcasing the nuances of his work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis distinct vision is perhaps most apparent are in his drawings on black paper, which are done with minimal interference, and focus on the horizon line and the colours of the Arctic sky,\u201d\u00a0 Campbell told Eye on the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThese works, while detailed, abstract the landscape so that it is the colour palette of the Arctic, rather than the landscape itself, that is most powerfully conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nActive in Cape Dorset print program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nPootoogook was part of the third generation of Inuit artists from the community of Cape Dorset in what is now Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\nHe was the son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, and the cousin of Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016), one of Canada\u2019s well-known contemporary artists of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\nItee Pootoogook, whose\u00a0imagery was often compared to Canadian art icons like Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt, worked mostly from photographs, interpreting the images with graphite and coloured pencil.<\/span><\/p>\nHis work was regularly featured in the annual Cape Dorset print collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop in the community of Cape Dorset, is currently home to the Cape Dorset print program. (Courtesy West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBackground: The Cape Dorset Print Program<\/h2>\n
The co-op in Cape Dorset, an island community off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic, in was established in 1959.<\/p>\n
The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, made up of images produced by Inuit in the region, who\u2019d been taught printmaking by Canadian artist James Houston after he\u2019d moved to the area.<\/p>\n
The Cape Dorset prints of Arctic nature and traditional Inuit life became a hit in the art world and a favourite of collectors.<\/p>\n
Artists like\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 -2013 ) whose work appeared in the first collection, went on to have an international career spanning decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>A book, published by Goose Lane Editions and edited by Campbell, has also been issued to accompany the show and includes essays examining Pootoogook\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHis understated images\u00a0\u2060\u2014 of preparing carcasses brought in from the hunt, playing music, or contemplating the open horizon and the ever-shifting colours of the North \u2060\u2014 highlight his contemporaneity,\u201d the publisher said in the news release.<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition, Hymns to the Silence, in Kleinburg, Ontario. Pootoogook began drawing in the 1970s. (Courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCampbell says she hopes visitors come away from the show with new perspectives on Canada\u2019s Arctic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cVisitors to the exhibition will see an unromanticised, sincere, and poignant vision of daily life in the North,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI hope that people will be moved by its beauty, its palette, its uniqueness, and that this comprehensive exhibition communicates that the North is very much alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nThe exhibition runs until September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
\u201cPootoogook\u2019s work features a minimum of incident yet captures the depth of seemingly mundane moments of everyday life,\u201d the gallery said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to his gift for making architectural drawings, Pootoogook was an imaginative landscape artist, with many of his works emphasizing the vast, open horizon that separates the land from the sky, often in a boldly minimalist compositional style.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Nancy Campbell, exhibition curator and guest curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, says the exhibit is a powerful collection showcasing the nuances of his work.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis distinct vision is perhaps most apparent are in his drawings on black paper, which are done with minimal interference, and focus on the horizon line and the colours of the Arctic sky,\u201d\u00a0 Campbell told Eye on the Arctic.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese works, while detailed, abstract the landscape so that it is the colour palette of the Arctic, rather than the landscape itself, that is most powerfully conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Pootoogook was part of the third generation of Inuit artists from the community of Cape Dorset in what is now Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.<\/span><\/p>\n He was the son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, and the cousin of Annie Pootoogook (1969-2016), one of Canada\u2019s well-known contemporary artists of the early 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\n Itee Pootoogook, whose\u00a0imagery was often compared to Canadian art icons like Alex Colville and Christopher Pratt, worked mostly from photographs, interpreting the images with graphite and coloured pencil.<\/span><\/p>\n His work was regularly featured in the annual Cape Dorset print collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> The co-op in Cape Dorset, an island community off the southwest coast of Baffin Island in Canada\u2019s eastern Arctic, in was established in 1959.<\/p>\n The first annual Cape Dorset print collection was released the same year, made up of images produced by Inuit in the region, who\u2019d been taught printmaking by Canadian artist James Houston after he\u2019d moved to the area.<\/p>\n The Cape Dorset prints of Arctic nature and traditional Inuit life became a hit in the art world and a favourite of collectors.<\/p>\n Artists like\u00a0Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 -2013 ) whose work appeared in the first collection, went on to have an international career spanning decades.<\/p>\n<\/div> A book, published by Goose Lane Editions and edited by Campbell, has also been issued to accompany the show and includes essays examining Pootoogook\u2019s work.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHis understated images\u00a0\u2060\u2014 of preparing carcasses brought in from the hunt, playing music, or contemplating the open horizon and the ever-shifting colours of the North \u2060\u2014 highlight his contemporaneity,\u201d the publisher said in the news release.<\/span><\/p>\n Campbell says she hopes visitors come away from the show with new perspectives on Canada\u2019s Arctic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cVisitors to the exhibition will see an unromanticised, sincere, and poignant vision of daily life in the North,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI hope that people will be moved by its beauty, its palette, its uniqueness, and that this comprehensive exhibition communicates that the North is very much alive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The exhibition runs until September 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>Active in Cape Dorset print program<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Background: The Cape Dorset Print Program<\/h2>\n
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